The Scottish Life Sciences Association held their 2017 Autumn Reception at RBS Business School last week on Thursday, 26th October. Hosted by Scott Johnstone (CEO of the SLA), the event’s keynote speaker was Kyle Keeney, President and CEO of the… Read more

Murgitroyd, European patent and trade mark attorneys, have just launched their “Innovator Launchpad Competition”. Applications are now invited from all pre-profit start-ups and not-for-profits based in the UK -deadline is Wed, 15th Nov @1200 GMT and submission is through their… Read more

It’s good to talk!….but it’s even better to talk to the RIGHT person at the RIGHT time and foster the RIGHT type of long-term relationship which will help all parties flourish…. Innovate UK recently blogged about the best way to… Read more

Free and open access to publicly-funded research offers significant social and economic benefits. The Government, in line with its overarching commitment to transparency and open data, is committed to ensuring that such research should be freely accessible. Research funders and… Read more

Open access week is an International event which has been running for 10 years to promote Open Access to research. This includes OA publications and research data. This year’s theme is the question “Open in order to…” This is to… Read more

Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation said, in a lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on Monday night, that we should not give up on Europe and we should keep applying. He told the audience that to give… Read more

Business Speak Do you want to work more with business? Are you a bit unsure on how to convey your research ideas to a business? If this is you and you need some pointers in how to speak business lingo,… Read more

As part of the government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, Innovate UK have just announced funding available for an extra 200 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) this year (17/18). Edinburgh Napier University has an excellent track record of successfully securing KTP awards… Read more

Its peer-review week 11-15th September! Peer-review is important in research to ensure the quality and integrity of research activity. Peer-review is normally associated with publishing original articles in Journals. It is also an important part of the research funding process… Read more

It’s Autumn 2017, so right on cue…….The Funding Bodies’ initial decisions on the next REF have been published. A summary of the information is captured below: -Assessment outcomes will be the products of expert review, informed by indicators where appropriate.… Read more